Is 'Using My Cane' a Way of 'Openly Fasting' (Like Lord Jesus Commands Against)?

[mythociate]

Lord Jesus commands His followers not to 'fast openly' (i.e. to not 'really spotlight' the fact that they're going without food, to not 'go without bathing & other things,' but rather to clean up & present themselves as if they were fully fed).

It could be said that I'm doing something similar to 'fasting openly,' walking with a cane everywhere I go---really spotlighting the facts that I do not have a car, couldn't use one if I did, and don't possess the capability to maintain employment in order to acquire (and maintain) a car.

I could walk around without the cane, but (aside from the other reasons I use it) it serves as 'a mark I must bear.' ...

That's the prophecy, anyway. But I'm still a living human, so I want to get straight into the reason-stuff: reason 1) a Traumatic Brain Injury left me-partly blind in the left eye and -a little unbalanced (or a little more-unbalanced ... I was a weird, 'gifted' kid); reason 2) as people use cars to 'take weight off their feet,' so the cane takes a little weight (about a quarter of my weight, more if I really lean on it) off each step.

Hmmm ... the traffic-law people should require a 'license' for people to use canes (a license earned by injuries such as mine) 

[JediJohnnie]

Sorry to hear of your hardships mythociate.

The reason Jesus tells us to fast in private is the same as praying in private.To not make a show of something personal between us and God.I'm sure you'd agree,using your cane doesn't fall in that category and wouldn't offend God.